Bill-fold.



F. M. BL'ANCHARD.

BILL FOLD.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31.1916.

Patented June 19, 1917.

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FRED M. BLANCHARD, 015 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19, 1917.

Application filed July 31, 1916. Serial No. 112,357.

To all coir am it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED M. BLANCHARD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bill-Folds, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention has as its object to provide a bill fold and memorandumcard pocket of novel design and construction and possessing numerousadvantages not to be found in articles of this class now in general use.

It is one aim of the invention to provide a bill fold so constructedthat when the same is withdrawn from the pocket there will be nolikelihood of the bills being lost, the bills in their properly foldedcondition being at all times securely held within the fold in suchmanner as to prevent their relative disarrangement and yet to permit ofthe ready selection and withdrawal of a bill of any desireddenomination.

Another aim of the invention is to provide an article of this class soconstructed that any number of bills in properly folded condition may bearranged within the fold and securely held in place.

Another aim of the invention is to provide an article of this classwhich will serve also as a pocket for a celluloid or similar memorandumcard, the card being housed in such manner as to insure againstobliteration of the memoranda thereon which is liable when such cardsare carried loose in the coat pocket.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating the article embodying thepresent invention and the manner in which the bills held thereby may bemanipulated to provide for selection of a bill of the desired.denomination;

Fig. 2 is a similar view of the article alone;

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on a line passing throughthe bill retaining band.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference characters.

The article embodying the present invention includes a relatively stiffback 1 and a relatively stifi' front 2, the said front and back beingunited by lines ofstitching as in- 'dicated at 3 along their lateraledges and their lower edges. While it is preferable that this portion ofthe article be manufactured from leather and stitched, it will beunderstood that any other suitable material may be employed for itsmanufacture and that the front and back may be secured together at theirsaid edges in any desired manner other than by a line of stitching. Thefront and back form between them a pocket l designed to receive amemorandum card 5 which may be of celluloid or any other suitablematerial, and in order to permit of ready removal of the card from thepocket the upper edges of the front and back are cut away as at 6.

In order that a number of bills may be held firmly in flat conditionagainst the back 1 of the article, an elastic strap 7 is provided andthis strap extends transversely of the said back about midway betweenthe upper and lower ends thereof and has its ends turned in and fittedbetween the lateral edges of the back and front as indicated at 8, thelines of stitching 3 passing through the inserted ends of the strap andalso through the strap near the folds thereof. By securing the ends ofthe strap 7 in the manner stated, the article can be more readily andcheaply manufactured than would be possible if the ends of the strapwere secured in some other manner and inasmuch as the united edges ofthe front and back 1 and 2 are held firmly closed by the lines ofstitching, the inturned or inserted ends of the strap will befrictionally held as well as being held by the stitching.

From the foregoing description and from an inspection of Fig. 1 of thedrawings, it will be understood that any desired number of bills inproper folded condition may be arranged beneath the strap and betweenthe same and the outer face of the back 1 and that the upper ends of thefolded bills may be turned down so as to permit of the selection of thedesired bill, the withdrawal of the bill from the article being1gclrtzlomplished without disturbing the other The body of the deviceembodying the present invention may be formed from any material suitablefor the purpose, rigid or semi-flexible, and in several pieces orintegral throughout, and if the back and front are formed separate, theymay be united in portions passed about the lateral edges of 10 anydesired manner and, if desired, provided the said back'and insertedbetween the lat- With a covering of any suitable character. eral edgesof the back and front, and lines of Having thus described the invention,stitching uniting the said lateral edges of What is claimed as new is:the back and front, the said lines of stitch- In an article of the classdescribed, a relaing passing also through the inserted ends 15 tivelystifl back, a relatively stiff front, an of the strap. elastic strapextending transversely of the In testimony whereof I aifiX my signature.outer face of the back and having its end FRED M. BLANCHARD. [1,. s.]

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G.

